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Posted by Mike Kujbida on 12/15/05 23:24
Teresa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've heard all of the (mostly negative) feedback about Pinnacle. Does
> anyone especially like/dislike either Cyberlink Power Director 5 or
> Ulead Video Studio 9?
>
> I've got trials of both of these packages plus Adobe Premiere Elements
> (which I've already rejected).
>
> My impressions:
>
> PowerDirector 5
>
> Pro: Okay user interface, fun special effects, easy video editing.
> Con: Sometimes horribly unintuitive UI, Captures DVI as MPeg and I
> don't see anywhere that I can change this default, crashes without an
> error message occasionally, no decent tutorials, bad help file that
> tells you what to do, but not when to do it, chroma-key doesn't work
> as advertised on the web site. Also, tech support email gives very
> random answers to very specific questions.
>
> ULead
>
> Pro: Easy capture of video, optionally creates new AVI file for each
> scene. VERY intuitive user interface, can do its most complex tasks
> without looking at the help file. Chroma key is very intutive and
> just exceptional.
> Con: Fewer special effects. UGLY metallic looking interace that gets
> old really fast.
>
> Thanks.
> Teresa
I highly recommend giving Vegas Movie Studio+DVD a try. It's around the
same price and is a very solid piece of software. More info at
http://tinyurl.com/anh9v
Mike
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